[ad_1] Before fleeing about 900 miles (1,500 kilometers) south of Yellowknife by car, Agnes Grandejambe looked to social media to find out almost everything she needed to know about escaping…
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Wildfire, high winds prompt evacuation of Washington town of Medical Lake
[ad_1] With a wildfire bearing down, officials on Friday gave orders for evacuation of the entire town of Medical Lake, Wash. Pushed by 35 mph winds, the Gray Fire grew…
Maui wildfire death toll, already highest in modern U.S. history, could surge
[ad_1] “The death toll number is always provisional, in a way,” Goldman said. “I assume people won’t stop trying to find remains and the work will take a very, very…
Canada wildfire: Yellowknife evacuees turned away from full flights
[ad_1] Thousands of residents desperate to flee Yellowknife are told to return on Friday as planes fill up. [ad_2] Source link
Wildfire evacuees frustrated by Facebook news ban in Canada
[ad_1] Canadians are using Facebook to share information on fire updates but Meta’s news ban is a hurdle. [ad_2] Source link
Left unchecked, Maui’s nonnative grasses turned into wildfire fuel
[ad_1] “A lot of these lands, former sugarcane and pineapple lands, the majority of them are sitting fallow,” Thorne said. “There’s no management whatsoever.” One nonnative species — guinea grass…
Out-of-control wildfire scorches Spain’s Tenerife island
[ad_1] An out-of-control wildfire on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife has burned thousands of acres and affected nearly 8,000 people who are either evacuated or confined, authorities said Thursday.…
Footage shows the wildfire threatening a Canadian city
[ad_1] Firefighters are struggling to contain the blaze in the Northwest Territories as it threatens the capital of Yellowknife. More than 20,000 people have been told to evacuate by noon…
California town that lost 85 to wildfire installs sirens. Maui officials failed to use theirs.
[ad_1] “If that fire would have happened just a few hours earlier than what it did, we would have had hundreds of people die from that because they’d have been…